Premiership

Ref Ridley hands Quins a poetic final flourish

by
The Rugby Paper Team
1 March 2020

■By NICK CAIN

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AFTER refereeing flawlessly for most of the match, Christophe Ridley gave Harlequins a bonus point victory by awarding a penalty try in added time that, in terms of the law book, was wrong.
Whether there was a poetic justice to Harlequins winning is a different matter, given that just before the start of a mad additional six minutes, the home side, trailing 30-27, were denied a perfectly good try...

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